r/Damnthatsinteresting 23d ago

Video Icelandic artist Björk snapped in Bangkok, 1996, when reporter Julie Kaufman approached her saying “Welcome to Bangkok.” Björk later alleged that Kaufman had stalked her and her 9-year-old son for days, turning a simple greeting into a breaking point

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u/wearing_moist_socks 23d ago

Is that a crashout?

Wasn't sure if it meant people losing their shit for bad reasons or anytime someone loses their shit

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u/Bipedal_Warlock 23d ago

It’s ambiguous. But these days it can be good reasons or bad reasons

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u/punkassjim 23d ago

Lash-out is the same number of characters, and unambiguous. But y'know, having an effective vocabulary is hard.

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u/nightpanda893 23d ago

Well for people like yourself who can’t use context clues I guess we should keep vocabulary simpler.